White Mountains History


White Mountains, New Hampshire history, the abandoned and forgotten places in the White Mountains help tell the fascinating story of our heritage. These articles, blog articles, essays, photographs, and pages showcase the abandoned places, forgotten 19th-century farming settlements, 20th-century ghost towns, railroads, and tourism history (hiking, grand resorts, Mount Washington, waterfalls, etc.) in the White Mountain National Forest and the surrounding region.


Old Man of the Valley, Shelburne

Old Man of the Valley, Shelburne
Old Man of the Valley, Shelburne - The Old Man of the Valley rock profile is a neat little tourist attraction that can be found on the side of Route 2 in Shelburne, New Hampshire, near the Maine border. From the roadside parking lot, the rock profile can easily be reached by walking down the trail a few hundred feet. Just look for the large boulder that is resting on a flat boulder....[Continue reading] ...

Dixville Notch, New Hampshire

Dixville Notch State Park - Dixville, New Hampshire Stock Photos
Dixville Notch State Park, New Hampshire - Dixville Notch State Park consists of 127 acres along Route 26 in Dixville, New Hampshire. This state park has many opportunities for hikers, photographers, tourists and waterfall buffs. Personally, I prefer to visit Dixville Notch during the autumn months, during peak foliage, but the notch is interesting any time of year...[Continue reading] ...

Mountain Lion Sighting

Mountain Lion Sighting
Mountain Lion - Squam Lakes Natural Science Center September 26, 2009 - Reports of a Mountain Lion in New Hampshire again. The most recent report was from Barnstead, New Hampshire, and to make it little more convincing a representative of Fish & Game witnessed the animal! Word is that it is possibly a pet that someone released into the wild. What a pet! ...

September 2009, Pemi Wilderness Suspension Bridge Update

Pemigewasset Wilderness - Suspension bridge
September 2009, Pemi Wilderness Suspension Bridge Removal Update - Quick update on the Pemigewasset Wilderness Bridge Removal, along the Wilderness Trail. It has been decided that both bridges will be removed. Forest Service plans on having the suspension bridge dismantled before December ...

B-18 Bomber Crash, Mt. Waternomee

B-18 Bomber Crash on Mont Waternomee, Woodstock
Mt Waternomee B-18 Bomber Plane Crash - During the World War II Era, a horrific plane crash awoke the quiet town of Woodstock, New Hampshire USA. The explosion rattled homes and was heard throughout the countryside, and flames from the wreckage could be seen from the towns of Lincoln and Woodstock....[Continue reading] ...

Mount Washington Cog, Biodiesel Locomotive

Mount Washington Cog, New Hampshire
Mount Washington Cog Railway - A few weeks back I made a trip to the summit of Mount Washington in the New Hampshire White Mountains to photograph the Biodiesel locomotive that is now in operation on the Cog Railway. This is the Cog Railway's first Biodiesel locomotive, and it is a big step in the “Go Green” efforts...[Continue reading] ...

June 2009, Pemigewasset Wilderness Bridge Removal Proposal

Pemigewasset Wilderness - Suspension bridge
June 2009, Pemi Wilderness Suspension Bridge Removal Proposal - Here in the White Mountains of New Hampshire there is a buzz about the removal of the 180 foot long suspension bridge, which crosses the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in the Pemigewasset Wilderness. The suspension bridge is located along the Wilderness Trail about a half mile past its junction with the Bondcliff Trail ...

Prescott Park – Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Prescott Park – Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Prescott Park, New Hampshire - Prescott Park is a ten acre parcel of land along the Portsmouth waterfront. We can thank Josie and Mary Prescott, public school teachers and life long residents of Portsmouth, for the creation of this park. It was their desire to see an area of the Portsmouth waterfront cleaned up and turned into a public park. In Josie F. Prescott's last will and testament a private trust fund was set up to purchase tracts of land ...